If you appreciate fine meat with a wonderful aroma, that looks great, melts in your mouth and is full of flavor, then you can appreciate all the effort Gary Bardine puts into his award winning meats.

Gary Bardine has brought home more than 70 awards from both the Pennsylvania Association of Meat Processors (PAMP) and the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) competitions since 2002. Entries in these competitions are judged anonymously by meat scientists and other industry experts.  They seek to find meat products that exhibit the highest caliber of quality, excellent craftsmanship, superior flavor, and eye appeal possible.

In July 2007, Gary Bardine brought home four more plaques from the American Cured Meat Championships. 746 products were entered into 26 classes at the AAMP-sponsored competition.  Gary topped 37 other entries to win the Grand Champion award for his lightweight bacon.  He also took honors for his ring bologna and won Reserve Grand Champion for his lightweight bone-in ham and a Champion designation for a large diameter luncheon meat entry.

In 2008, instead of entering the PAMP competition, Gary served as distinguished judge, actively supporting the meat industry and the members of PAMP and AAMP.

More information about these competitions and award criteria can be found at http://www.aamp.com/meetings/ACMC.asp and http://www.pameatprocessors.org/processed_products_competition.htm

National Awards 2007 Milwaukee, Wisconsin	2006 San Diego California
Grand Champion - Bacon, Ring Bologna	Reserve Champion - Braunschweiger
Champion - Smoked Bone In Ham
Reserve Champion - Large Diameter Lunch Meat	2005 Buffalo, New York
	Grand Champion - Restructured Beef Jerky
	Reserve Grand Champion - Kielbasas, Ring Bologna

Whole Muscle Jerky	Ring Bologna
Grand Champion 2004, 2006	Grand Champion 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Reserve Champion 2001, 2003, 2005	Reserve Grand Champion 2005
Champion 2002
	Meat Snack Sticks
Formed Jerky	Grand Champion 2005
Grand Champion 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006	Reserve Grand Champion 2006
Reserve Champion 2007
Champion 2005	Skinless Weiners
	Champion 2007
Small Diameter Smoked Sausage (Kolbassy)
Grand Champion 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007	Weiners With Casings
Reserve Grand Champion 1997, 1998, 2004, 2006	Grand Champion 2002
	Reserve Grand Champion 2003, 2005, 2006
Turkey Jerky	Champion 2004, 2007
Grand Champion 2006
Reserve Grand Champion 2002	Fresh Sausage
Champion 2007	Grand Champion 2002, 2005
	Champion 2000, 2004
Bacon
Grand Champion 2007	Innovative New Products
Reserve Grand Champion 2006	All Awards Are Champion
Champion 1999, 2000	Jalapeno And Cheese Kolbassy 2001
	Braunschwieger 2002
Smoked Ham	Smoked Hot Sausage With Cheese 2005
Grand Champion 2007	Cracker Bologna 2007
Reserve Champion 2003, 2004	Jack And Jill Kolbassy 2006
Champion 2000, 2001